with us, chuck schumer of new york. then could this finally be the unofficial start of the 2012 campaign? >> we will reclaim this land and make it greater and greater and greater. >> nothing we have seen in our lifetime as comparable to the level of depth we have to go to get this country back on the right track. >> our exclusive guests this morning, another potential 2012 candidate and a governor on the front lines of the budget battles happening across the country, mitch daniels of indiana. plus insight from this veries about political week with us political reporter for "the washington post" dan balz and host of npr's "all things considered", michele norris. and finally, we remember a very familiar face on this program for the last 45 years, "the washington post's" david broader. >>> good morning. it's been 48 hours since the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and massive tsunami rocked japan. the death toll officially now is around 1400 but officials fear 10,000 could be dead in flooded areas in the northeastern region of the